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Your Philadelphia Basketball News SourceThu, 30 Jul 2015 06:02:45 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.6By: Hoops McCannhttp://philadunkia.com/?p=4779&cpage=1#comment-200208
Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:34:26 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=4779#comment-200208If Jody Meeks winds up the starting shooting guard for the majority of the coming season, then it is unlikely that the goals of Philiadunkia’s staff will be met. To win 50 or more games, the 76ers must win over 60% of their games. Even if you exclude the 3-13 start, the 76ers won under 58% of their games during the 2010-2011 season. Philly’s aggregated production out of the starting PG, starting forwards and reserves last season was good — this is why they were able make the playoffs despite the start and last second swoons. Unfortunately it will be a challenge for that group to just collectively equal the quality of play from last season’s campaign. Additionally, that group was fairly healthy last season. Therefore, barring any personal changes, either the starting 2 guard or center must be an area vast improvement for the Sixers to continue moving forward. While Meeks could be a marginally more effective player this year than he was last season, he is not going to be a significantly better player. Turner can rebound like a forward, dribble/pass like a point guard and (despite seeming awkwardly shy) could be their late game closer as well as situationally their best low post option. He has skills to take Philly up a notch. Colins will start Turner if Turner plays up to his potential. Should Turner’s failure to flourish make Meeks the starter for the bulk of the season, then any real team improvement will have to come for the center position. So a ‘Yes’ response is effectively a vote of confidence for Hawes and Co
-Hoops
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